16 RJS Resources and Tutorials for Rails Programmers

RJS is a template type for Rails that allows Rails developers to use Ruby to produce dynamic JavaScript code that will usually be executed in response to an AJAX call. There are lot of disparate resources relating to RJS around the net, so I’ve collected as many of them together here as possible. If you need to use RJS, this is the list for you!

Introduction / Tutorials

Simple RJS Tutorial – An up to date RJS tutorial (May 2006) featuring a video demonstration and some code.

RJS Tutorial by FearOfFish – Another overall tutorial with a demonstration view, controller, and RJS template for adding a shopping cart type system to a page.